Seitz v. Brewers' Refrigerating MacHine Co.

Citations

• 141 U.S. 510
• 12 S. Ct. 46
• 35 L. Ed. 837
• 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2540

Syllabus

<p>When a contract is couched in terms which import a complete legal obligation, with no uncertainty as to the object, or-extent of the engagement, it is, (in the absence of fraud, accident or mistake,) conclusively to be presumed that the whole engagement of the parties and the extent and manner of their undertaking were reduced to writing.</p> <p>Whether the written contract in this case fully expressed the terms of the agreement between the parties was a question for the court; and silence on a point that might have been embodied in it does not open the door to parol evidence in that regard.</p> <p>When a known, described and definite article is ordered of a manufacturer, although it be stated by the purchaser to be required for a particular purpose, yet, if the known, described and definite thing be actually supplied, there is no Warranty that it shall answer the particular purpose intended by the buyer.</p>